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Post-deepening of the Suez Canal, a capesize bulk carrier approaches the Egyptian-Japanese Friendship Bridge. Bulk carriers are segregated into six major size categories: small, handysize, handymax, panamax, capesize, and very large. [23] Very large bulk and ore carriers fall into the capesize category but are often considered separately.
Newcastlemax Liberia Himalaya Shipping 2022 210,000 In operation Nunavik Marshall Islands Fednav: 2012 22,622 In operation Tundra Cyprus Navarone SA 2009 30,930 In operation Umiak I Canada Fednav: 2006 22,462 In operation U-Sea Saskatchewan Canada Seavance Shipping 2010 34,795 In operation Yasa Jupiter Turkey Mirror Ventures S.A. 2019 34,508
Capesize ships are the largest dry cargo ships with ball mark dimension: [i] about 170,000 DWT (deadweight tonnage) capacity, 290 m long, 45 m beam (wide), 18m draught (under water depth). [1] They are too large to transit the Suez Canal ( Suezmax limits) or Panama Canal ( Neopanamax limits), [ 2 ] and so have to pass either Cape Agulhas or ...
"Capesize" refers to bulk carriers too big to pass through the Suez Canal—and needing to travel the Cape route around the Cape of Good Hope and Cape Agulhas—but recent dredging means many Capesize vessels can use the canal. Plans to deepen the draft to 21 metres (70 ft) could lead to a redefinition of the Suezmax specification, as happened ...
An officer monitors the clearance of the cruise ship MS Ryndam as she traverses the lock. Panamax container ship USS Missouri, one of the Iowa-class battleships, makes a very tight fit as she passes through the Miraflores Locks of the Panama Canal in October 1945.
In the past, the Chinese ports were not allowed to increase their capacity to more than 300,000 tons for dry bulk carriers due to safety and environmental concerns. If the 400,000-ton Valemax vessels are allowed to Chinese ports, Vale's monopoly on the route may result in losses for other shipping companies operating capesize ore carriers. [148]
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On June 28, 2019, Ocean Yield ASA announced the acquisition of newcastlemax dry bulk vessel from CMB for 40 million (USD) net of a seller's credit, with 15-year bareboat charter to CMB. [2] [3] [4] In 2020, it was announced that the HydroTug, the first hydrogen-powered tugboat will be deployed in the port of Antwerp. [5]